Oh Christmas 🎄 Oh Christmas 🌲 let me see thee🎄

[Kiki]

18 on the app..

But 15 on my goosebumps measuring device..

But looks like a fairly warm week ahead of us.

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[ShrekDawg]

Okay, physics/science 101 again.... Winter ice covered waterways.

It's actually amazing how little ice it takes to support a human walking safely across a lake or pond. And be default how little ice is needed for a vehicle to drive ice.
If you had a 100lb person and a 200lb person what do you think (no cheating on 1st reply) is minimum thickness to safely walk on a lake or pond once frozen???

Hmm... not sure but at least a few inches maybe ??? I don’t think it’s 6-12 as we used to skate with far less than that but idk.

 

[Kiki]

Do it!! He seems cool! Your shoulder has been killing for a year!?

Maybe 2 years. It used to only bother me once in a while. Now it's pretty much constantly.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Maybe 2 years. It used to only bother me once in a while. Now it's pretty much constantly.

Oh wow! you should definitely get that looked at!

 

[Kiki]

Oh wow very interesting looking and that sounds fun!!! Although a lot of people on the ice!! sorry if this is a stupid question, but do your lakes still freeze all the way? I know the Erie one hasn’t been fully freezing lately according to my cousin and uncle and I know our cranberry bogs haven’t frozen solid enough lately but we are also warmer than either of you. We used to skate on it but lately I don’t think it’s safe enough but of course it never got very thick anyway. And people do still go out so maybe it is. Maybe this year will be thicker/more solid since it is colder.

What is a cranberry bog?

 

[Kiki]

Raw veggies are my favorite way. And they are better for a person raw.

Conan eats raw broccoli.

I love it too.

 

[duluthralphie]

What is a cranberry bog?

They are just what it sounds like. A floating bog that is preferred by wild cranberries.

 

[ShrekDawg]

What is a cranberry bog?

I forget not everywhere has bogs

https://www.cranberries.org/how-cranberries-grow

 

[electrycmonk]

We always figure 4 inches to be safe, but I know when we were young and stupid my brother and I would start spearing with about 2 inches.. then get yelled at by Dad when we got home.

This is what I grew up with on Beadle Lake, in Michigan.

2-3" for testing by stepping or walking.
3-4" for skating
4+ for ice hockey! (Ya know someone's gonna hit the deck....)

 

[Kiki]

You're sleeping with him?